The National Science Foundation conducts a survey every two to three years to evaluate how good Americans are at science. The questions vary slightly from year to year, but they all have to do with basic facts in physical and biological sciences.

Both the general public and people who have obtained bachelor's degrees were stumped by the quiz. College graduates consistently scored higher than the general public, but didn't earn a perfect score on any question.

Answer: True.

2. True or false? The continents have been moving their location for millions of years and will continue to move.

The seven continents.
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Of all those surveyed, 81% answered correctly, and 87% of college graduates specifically.

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Answer: True.

Pangea before and after.
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Earth's outermost layer, called the lithosphere, is broken into tectonic plates that shift a few inches every year. The theory of plate tectonics posits that the supercontinent Pangea broke apart and that individual continents are still moving thanks to the motion of these plates.

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3. Does the Earth go around the Sun, or does the Sun go around the Earth?